
Jonathan MS Pearce
A Tippling Philosopher
Jonathan MS Pearce is a philosopher, author, columnist and public speaker with an interest in writing about almost anything, from skepticism to science, politics and morality the environment, because everything is philosophy. A former teacher, God – or the universe – has afflicted him with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. He can no longer play football with his twin boys, but he can still write a good column and book. Well, he likes to think so anyway. His books cover a wide topic area: atheism, the creation of the universe, the Resurrection, the Nativity, free will, poetry, and skepticism to name a few, as well as zombie pandemics, kids’ adventures and how to be a father of twins.

Asking forgiveness from…God?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crimes or harm to others can take on many different forms, but some can be particularly heinous. Far be it for me to constrain your imagination in detailing any such horrible harms. Instead, let us more closely consider the ramifications of causing harm to others. Forgiveness is often defined as something like “a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has…

Remember Tara Reade? Biden sexual abuse accuser defects to Russia
Reading Time: 7 minutes Back in 2020, news was rife with a sexual misconduct allegation involving Joe Biden and a former…

Mississippi removes ‘In God We Trust’ from license plates
Reading Time: 3 minutes The phrase “In God We Trust” was first included on US coins in the 1860s in order…

Supreme Court: ‘a 7-2 conservative majority that would last a quarter century’
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no doubting that Donald Trump was one of the most successful presidents in US history—which…

Does the Musk apple fall far from the tree?
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the freethought community, we like to think that evidence-based thinking is something we hold dear, and…

Why doesn’t the US census ask about religious identity?
Reading Time: 2 minutes As analysis of the data from the 2020 UK census filters into the public domain, a question…

The bothsidesism of Trump’s CNN town hall
Reading Time: 6 minutes CNN hosted what has been seen by many as a disastrous television appearance of the Presidential nominee-to-be…

The many dilemmas of the war in Ukraine
Reading Time: 4 minutes
The war in Ukraine is a deadly game of chess, and a series of dilemmas is distracting…

When Jesus became a star traveler
Reading Time: 5 minutes Across the Western world, the feast of the Ascension is coming up, celebrating the day Jesus rose…

The Empty Tomb: The claim that the Bible refutes
Reading Time: 12 minutes The Empty Tomb has, for years, been a mainstay for Christian apologists, who claim Jesus rose from…
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